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Attic black-figure lekythos

Classification
vase, vessel; lekythos; decorated vessels
Culture
Greek (culture)
Date
ca. 500 B.C.
Period
Archaic Period (700–480)
Material
clay
Artist
Gela Painter
Iconography
Heracles; Apollon; lion's skin; club; quiver; mantle; Athena; aigis (Greek-Roman); tripod; altar; palmette/palmette frieze; tongue pattern; chessboard motif
Production place
Greece; Athens
Findspot
South Italy; Sicily
Present location
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Antikensammlung
Inventory
IV 198
ID
Per-535
References
Szilágyi, J. Gy. 1987, 11

The lekythos depicts the theft of the Delphic tripod. It is showing Herakles carrying off the tripod, with Apollo seeking to restrain him. Behind Apollo, Artemis appears, her hand outstretched. All three figures move towards Athena, who stands at the right of the scene.

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